Abbreviations for automatic expansion are very personal. It depends on your vocabulary. In my case, the list has grown over time, as I add words as needed.
You can quickly edit, for example. these two combinations are Ctrl + Win + Alt .
^!#e:: ; Edit the script by Alt+Ctrl++Win+E ;run, C:\Program Files\PSPad editor\PSPad.exe "%A_ScriptDir%\AutoHotkey-Robert-Dell.ahk" Edit return ^!#r:: ; Reload the script by Alt+Ctrl++Win+R TrayTip, Restarted, Restart,1 Reload ; Reload AHK File Return
My short list (most of it was in Dutch) looks like this. I often use slashes (/) to complete, as this makes it easier to use shortcut combinations that can also be part of a word. Using a slash, I can easily, for example. add "s" after the word.
:?*:&&::&" "& :?*:&^&::&" `; "& :?*:&*&::&", "& :?*:&@&::&"@"& :?*:&$&::&"€"& :?*:''::"{Space} ; Turn two single quotes into a single double quote on a Dutch Keyboard setting :?*:1l/::" One-Liner"{space} :*:=vl::=vlookup( :*:ahk/::AutoHotKey :*:ad/::Active Directory :?*:adm/::administration :*:am/::Account Management :*:actm/::Active Monitoring :?*:appl/::application :*:bf/::Break/Fix :*:bl/::Business Line :*:btw/::by the way :*:bu/::Buiness Unit :*:cc/::Competence Center :*:cert/::certification :*:col/::colleagues :*:config/::configuration :*:cons/::consultant :*:cp/::c-Projects :*:ce/::Coördination Engineer :*:co/::Coordinator :*:e/::E.Nr :*:emp/::employee :*:eng/::engineer :*:fe/::Field Engineer :*:feg/::Field Engineering :*:gk/::Global Knowledge :*:hr/::Human Resources :*:hw/::Hardware :*:ie/::Incident Engineer :*:inc/::incident :*:inf/::information :*:inst/::installation :*:ka/::knowledge article :*:kb/::Knowledge Base :*:km/::Knowledge Management :*:ko/::knowledge object :*:l/::level :*:lab/::laboratory :*:ld/::Learning & Development :*:maint/::maintenance :?*:mgr/::manager :?*:mgt/::management :?*:mkt/::marketing :*:MOC/::Microsoft Office Communicator :*:mssp/::MS SharePoint :*:ms/::Microsoft :?*:ops/::operations :?*:org/::organisation :?*:prof/::profile :?*:prod/::product :?*:proj/::project :?*:pos/::position :*:ps/::Partnership :*:pwd/::password :*:q/::Qualification :*:qd/::Quick & Dirty :*:qn/::question :*:qe/::Qualification Engineer :*:sa/::support agent :*:sc/::Sales Consulting :*:scy/:: Sales Consultancy :*:std/::standaard :?*:svc/::service :*:sme/::subject matter expert :*:sm/::Sales & Marketing :*:sw/::Software :*:te/::Technical Engineer :*:tc/::Technical Consultant :*:tcy/::Technical Consultancy :?*:trng/::training :*:tpm/::Third Party Maintenance :*:var/::Value Added Reseller :*:vc/::VoIP Connect ; MAANDEN :*:jan/::januari :*:feb/::februari :*:mrt/::maart :*:apr/::april :*:aug/::augustus :*:sep/::september :*:okt/::oktober :*:nov/::november :*:dec/::december :*:$$::€ ; Two $$ will turn into a €